This document describes the two types of nutrition in living things: 1) Autotrophic nutrition, where organisms produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. 2) Heterotrophic nutrition, where organisms obtain organic compounds from other organisms. Autotrophs like plants perform photosynthesis, while deep sea tube worms use chemosynthesis. Heterotrophs such as animals and protozoa cannot produce their own food and rely on consuming organic compounds produced by autotrophs.